Tasting it for ourselves

Chris Dunn’s article on U.S. and Mexican Coca-Cola got me thinking: Is there really a difference?

A blind taste test said most emphatically that there was, and preferences for either will lie strictly with personal tastes.

With the two drinks side by side, all four judges could notice an immediate difference, which stemmed from the foam.

In the end, three of the judges — food editor Karen Haram, Dunn and Coke drinker Jeanette McNamee — preferred the U.S. version, citing such characteristics as “more caramel flavor,” “more intense flavor” and it tasted “Coke-y — and I mean that in a good way.”

I was the lone dissenter because I disliked a certain shrillness to the taste of the U.S. Coke, while the foam felt almost artificial on the tongue.

I sided with the Mexican version because I found it cleaner on the palate, more balanced and more bitter but in a pleasant way. The others disliked its aftertaste. They also found it less intense with more of a brown sugar than caramel flavor.

John Griffin

One Response

Uh yeh theres a difference. I knew there was since the first time I had a Mexican Coke at some cantina just across the border when I was ten. It was great. My boyfriend loves them as well. Its just crisper than American Coca Cola.

You can get them anywhere nowadays

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